Kiwi Air is a Gisborne-based organisation which undertakes aerial surveying, ag work, parachuting etc.
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| Pacific Aerospace P750 XSTOL, ZK-XLE, operated by Kiwi Air |
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky, Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
— Helen Keller, at age 74, on flight around the world, news reports of 5 February 1955
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Saturday, January 23, 2016
Kiwi Air's PAC750XSTOL at Wellington
Another interesting visitor to Wellington today [although I understand it has been around for a few days at least] is a Pacific Aerospace P750XSTOL, ZK-XLE, which is operated by Kiwi Air Ltd [not to be confused with Kiwi Regional Airlines].
Kiwi Air is a Gisborne-based organisation which undertakes aerial surveying, ag work, parachuting etc.
I know what some of you are thinking... that's one ugly aircraft. Perhaps so, but it's definitely one I'd like to have a go at flying one day! :-)
Kiwi Air is a Gisborne-based organisation which undertakes aerial surveying, ag work, parachuting etc.
I saw it lurking there last Sunday (a week ago), so it was there for a while. Definitely not a pretty thing, but it does have amazing performance. One did an extremely shot take-off at the Ohakea 75th air show; into the air in just a few times its own length.
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Thanks Andrew. They are impressive. I saw one take off from Wellington last year... very impressive :-)
ReplyDeleteJudging by flightradar today it was doing aerial survey work over belmont regional park and Porirua area.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I saw that. I would have been interesting flying, although I imagine fairly demanding at times...
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